Creative Focus :: Stop Motion

Burton Developing Stop-Motion Addams Family

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Deadline.com reports that Tim Burton wants to direct a 3-D stop-motion feature based on Charles Addams' THE ADDAMS FAMILY drawings.

Little Airplane Productions’ ‘The Wonder Pets!’ Wins 2010 Gracie Award

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Little Airplane Productions’ acclaimed preschool series “The Wonder Pets” has won the 2010 Gracie Award for Outstanding Children’s/Adolescent Program.

Making Higglety Pigglety Pop!

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Site Categories: Home Entertainment, Short Films, Stop-Motion, Visual Effects
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Maciek Szczerbowski tells us what it was like adapting another beloved Maurice Sendak illustrated book.

Catch Up with AWN's Oscar Showcase Videos & Blog

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Now with the crazy award season over, AWN offers readers a chance to catch up with all the adventures of the animation nominees.

The House of Illustrious Animation

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A gallery show lures the Miscweant away from his laptop and into a refined repository of fantabulous imagery – to watch cartoons.

Academy To Showcase Oscar Animated Features

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The Academy’s 2nd annual Animated Feature Symposium celebrates the work of the 2009 Oscar nominees in the Animated Feature Film category.

Madame Tutli-Putli Team Directs Maurice Sendak Short

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The National Film Board of Canada (http://nfb.ca/) and Warner Home Video (http://www.whvdvd-collections.com/) present a new live-action/animated adaptation of Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life based on the book by Maurice Sendak.

The Oscars: Park Talks Wallace & Gromit

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Nick Park fills us in on the latest adventure of Wallace & Gromit, the plasticine heroes of Aardman.

The Oscars: Selick Talks More Coraline

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Henry Selick looks back on Coraline and ahead to life after Laika.

Up Away with the Annie Award

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On Feb. 6th, ASIFA-Hollywood handed out the prizes in the 37th annual Annie Awards.

Snatch Mr. Fox on DVD/Blu-ray in March

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cademy Award-winning Hollywood heavyweights George Clooney (*Up In The Air*) and Meryl Streep (*It’s Complicated*) lend their voices to the hilarious, heartwarming and dazzling stop-motion animated adventure from visionary director Wes Anderson (*The Royal Tenebaums*) *Fantastic Mr. Fox*, arriving as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD Combo Pack and on DVD March 23 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Oscar Nomination Ballots Due January 23

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The 5,777 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences must return their completed Oscar nominations ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers no later than 5 p.m. on Saturday, January 23.

Up, Mr. Fox, Coraline Land BAFTA Nods

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Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker have each received eight nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2010.

Robot Chicken Gets Two-Season Pick-Up

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Robot Chicken creators/executive producers Seth Green and Matthew Senreich have made a deal with Cartoon Network's Adult Swim for a two-season, 40-episode pick-up for Seasons five and six.

PLASTIC PAPER: Winnipeg's Festival of Animated, Illustrated + Puppet Film

Starts: May 05, 2010 - Ends: May 08, 2010
Submission Deadline: Feb 01, 2010
Location: Winnipeg, Canada
Website: http://www.plastic-paper.org

PLASTIC PAPER is an international festival of animated, illustrated and puppet film that takes place May 5-8, 2010 at the Park Theatre in Winnipeg, Canada. The festival is one component of the year-round organizational activities of the Big Smash! Film Collective. PLASTIC PAPER's programming is a mix of premieres, retrospective screenings, short films and features with special guests, workshops, multi-media presentations, installations and exhibits, artist talks, and gatherings where the artists and the audience can interact more informally.

Art Clokey, Gumby Creator, Dies

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Art Clokey, the man behind Gumby, has died, according to the San Luis Obispo Tribune.

Hot Spots Showcase 7: The Best in Animated & VFX Commercials

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For the seventh year, AWN's Rick DeMott puts together a collection of the best commercials and music videos from the past year submitted by readers.

Mary and Max: Elliot and Clayography

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Adam Elliot, Darren Burgess and Henry Karjalainen go behind the scenes of the acclaimed stop-motion feature.

Directors Talk Film Faves

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Some Best Animated Feature Oscar contenders tell us about the Big Five that matter most to them.